MasukCADEN'S POV Killian was right about one thing, feeding this number of people and their people was a load of work.Housing them was another problem.Half of my Pack members were sleeping in wolf forms under the moon.This whole situation made me miss Maya more than I could ever have imagined.Every night, I go home expecting her to be lying down and waiting for me to crawl into her arms and it's always the opposite.I hate all the rooms in the house now. They don't smell like her anymore.In the two weeks it took to get everything prepared, I would always try to visit Stormfield but Genevieve would bring another problem for me to solve and I wouldn't be able to.Right now I feel exhausted in more ways than one But the meeting was looking successful already.Only five Alphas didn't make it and they sent representatives.I used my father's meeting hall, the one I always hated seeing him in because he was playing King in it.I remodelled it into something less.. intimidating.It was rou
MAYA'S POV Back in Iron Claw Pack, the first thing everyone looked out for was strength.If you didn't have it, on instinct, everyone treated you like you didn't exist.But here, ever since that tiff with Eli, I have been literally miserable.Now I'm back to reading.Thank the goddess that Caden brought books for me when he visited the last time.My finger turned the page and I burrowed deeper into the couch in the corner I'd made for myself in the library.The types of books I love to read were scarce in Killian's library."You're so hard to find these days," I heard Fiona's voice before she came out from behind a shelf."Hey girl," I waved the book at her. "I didn't know you were a bookworm.""I was more focused on fighting, probably why.""Was? You stopped training?""What's the point? I have gotten to a point where people are scared of me.""Girl don't be ridiculous. No one is scared of you. They're just... surprised.""Fiona, I was walking past a child this morning and I bent d
CADEN'S POV Killian was grinning like an idiot when I got to himHe didn't use a traditional office.Not like it didn't exist, his father's office has literally been turned into a storage room while he stays here, an open space in front of the Pack house, giving the Pack free access to him at all times.He's doing everything to make this Pack better and I can't help but respect that."One would think something amazing is happening to you," I said as I pulled a chair to his table."Trust me, nothing beats having her pull you here all the way from Iron Claw down here. Twice in one week!""Fuck you.""Sorry, I'm not your type. But I'm sure Maya will give it a second thought. Thank you for taking it to the forest this time. The last time, you guys sent my Pack into heat or a weird version of it.""I'm not sure we're the reason, Killian. Your Pack is obsessed with having sex. Don't blame anyone for the madness you created. What would your father think?""He'll be rolling in his dark and s
When I was finally sated and Caden had taken my body through a series of orgasms against the tree behind us and all over the forest, I tried to get up to leave.We were done here.Or so I thought."Maya."He rarely calls me my name if everything is fine and dandy."What is it?" I asked, not turning around.At first, he didn't say anything and I turned to see a painted look on his face."I know I've told you that Aldric killed my former mate," he said and I crossed my hands across my naked chest."Not really. I heard more about it from others than you.""I'm sorry for not being forthcoming with you. The thing is, before the battle, she'd become really distant with me and no matter what I did, I just couldn't do anything right. I felt like a disappointment and we went to war with that climate. By the end of it, I had come to believe I didn't deserve a mate. Not when I have no idea of how to take care of one. My father definitely wasn't a great example. So when I met you, I just... I did
Sofie didn’t stop.Even after Fang landed in front of us, blocking our path with his massive black frame, she didn’t slow down. She veered sharply to the left, dodging him at the last second and bolting deeper into the forest like this was the most thrilling game of her life.Fang’s growl vibrated through the trees, low and dangerous, full of promise.He gave chase.The two wolves tore through the forest in a blur of silver and black. Sofie was fast — faster than she had any right to be — but Fang was relentless. Every time he got close, she would twist away at the last moment, taunting him with a sharp yip or a flick of her tail.I could feel her excitement bleeding into me, hot and wild.“Stop playing games, Sofie,” I begged through our link, as I was losing my mind with all the feelings bursting through our bond.She only giggled again, the sound bright and wicked inside my head.But Fang finally caught up.He slammed into her side, using his greater weight and power to send both
MAYA'S POV I convinced myself it was a good thing he left.Despite the way my heart pulled tight and hurt when the distance between us increased, I allowed it to hurt as much as it wanted to.And I channelled all that rage into training with Killian.But today, I went to our private training spot and he wasn't there.I walked back to the Pack training field and saw him teaching young pups."Hey," he waved at me, "sorry. I got a little bit busy.""It's fine Killian, you don't owe me special attention," I smiled at him. "Why don't you train with the rest of us anymore?" Eli asked me."Yeah, are you now too good for us?" Kai joined in but I shook my head."You won't understand," I sighed, and sat down on a boulder."Get up man, you have to show us all the tricks Alpha Killian has been showing you," Eli added, punching my shoulder."Trust me, you don't wanna see it.""Ooh, the girl thinks she's stronger than me. Mind you, she just started training last month!""Okay, you guys leave her
CADEN'S POV I jerk awake and immediately take stock of my surroundings and then my nose inhales deeply, making me look down at my hands, precisely the small bundle framed to my side.Her hair as usual was splayed all over my arm like a halo on her head and she was sleeping soundly.In my shirt.Gu
The hot breath I took in sharply must be wondering what it did wrong.My father was clearly older, weaker and haven't had to fight anyone in the past ten years.Beyond hitting me angrily, he hasn't extended those hands in violence to anyone.And now, he's facing the strongest Alpha as far as my lim
MAYA'S POV The training yesterday was more intense than I thought, but for some reason, it was exciting to have a purpose to wake up to.My entire body protested though, it was like I'd been hammered in different joints and I could barely work.But the threat of Alpha Caden hung over my head and I
I nearly began dancing in excitement, his face morphed into shock that screamed, 'I won't in my head and I might have walked more slowly than I should have but I didn't care.I made Alpha Caden feel something other than anger or the insane need to control everything.It felt way too good that I too







